Linux Desktop for university staff

[Brian Fahrlander]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 15:14 -0700, Hodgins Family wrote:
> Good afternoon!
> 
>  This discussion appears to have boiled down to a comparison of the
> relative merits of one software package versus another. All participants
> have raised good points, as well.
> 
> However, I think that the OP has some homework to do before attempting
> to bring Linux to the academics. 
> 
> I'd like to refocus this thread by posing a  question to the OP: 
> Many universities have computing departments that have been using *nixes
> for decades (before Microsoft and Apple were popular). How does the OP
> propose to do what these departments have been unable to do? I mean,
> while it is a  commendable idea to bring Linux to university staff (it
> is free, customizable, generally secure etc), how will you propose to
> convince the professors to switch from their "pet platforms"?

    How about setting up one machine with several test accounts on it
(so various people can try various things) and then spending time on
SourceForge.net/Freshmeat.net?  Kinda like a 'sampler'.  

    :)
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